Chester SSP Blog

Year 5&6 Basketball Competition

On Thursday 25th January, Upton-by-Chester High School hosted the Year 5&6 Basketball Competition. It was an amazing event with 20 teams from 18 schools and involving 150 children. There were four pools of competition,...

Step into Sport Conference

On Wednesday 24th January pupils from Blacon High School, Bishop Heber High School and Tarporley High School represented Chester at the county Step into Sport Conference held at Ordford Jubilee Hub in Warrington. Here...

Netball Basic Skills Refresher Course

There are still a few spaces remaining on the Netball Basic Skills Refresher Course which is being held on Thursday 11th January, 3-4pm at Blacon High School. This is a brief course covering basic...

Bronze Young Ambassador Training Day

On Wednesday 13th December 36 children from 17 schools took part in our Bronze Young Ambassador training day held at Blacon Enterprise Centre. Here they learned about the role of a Bronze Ambassador and...

Inclusive Multi Sports Festival

On Wednesday 6th December the Inclusive Multi Sports Festival for children in years 3-6 was held at Ellesmere Port Sports Village. Around 120 children from 13 schools took part in this inaugural event. The...

Year 2 Multi Skills Festival

On Thursday 30th November, the Year 2 Multi Skills Festival was held at Ellesmere Port Sports Village. A staggering 23 schools took part in the event, involving 535 children. Schools selected which time slot...

2016-2017 Platinum School Games Mark Awards

A huge congratulations go to Overleigh St Mary’s CE Primary School and to Waverton Community Primary School for achieving the Platinum School Games Mark Award for 2016-2017. The Platinum Award was launched earlier this...

Quicksticks Hockey!

Year 5&6 Quicksticks Hockey took place on 16th November at Upton High School. We had 25 teams enter with a total number of 140 boys and girls playing hockey. The sun shone, the smiles...